USS Boy Scout

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USS Boy Scout (SP-53).jpg
Boy Scout underway, circa 1916–1917.
History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
Laid down1916
Acquired28 April 1917
Strickenc.1919
Fatenot definitely accounted for
General characteristics
Displacement9 tons
Length45 ft (14 m)
Beam9.25 ft (2.82 m)
Draught10.167 ft (3.099 m)
Propulsionnone
Speed26 knots
Complementfour officers and men
Armamentone one-pounder cannon

USS Boy Scout (SP-53) was a wooden-hulled motorboat that served as a section patrol craft, [1] was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Boy Scouts of America and by extension for Scouting throughout the world.

Background

Her keel was laid down in 1916 at Lynn, Massachusetts, by Britt Brothers  [ Wikidata ]. [2] She was acquired by the United States Navy from Albert Geiger, Jr., of Brookline, Massachusetts, and classified as a section patrol (SP) craft. Initially assigned to First Naval District New England, Boy Scout was given the hull classification symbol SP-53 and was shipped overseas for "aviation service" perhaps, in view of her speed, for use as a crash boat at a naval air station. However, records of her operations and ultimate fate have not survived. The edition of Ship's Data, U.S. Naval Vessels of 1 July 1920 described Boy Scout as "overseas" but did not state where, only adding the curious notation that she was "not definitely accounted for, and in the absence of further reports will not be listed hereafter." [3]

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References

  1. ↑ ""SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft". Naval Historical Center, U. S. Navy. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 10 October 2003. Retrieved 11 May 2008.
  2. ↑ "Boy Scout (American Motor Boat, 1916). Became USS Boy Scout (SP-53) in 1917". Naval Historical Center, U. S. Navy. 19 August 2004. Archived from the original on 21 December 2004. Retrieved 11 May 2008.
  3. ↑ Cressman, Robert J. (14 December 2005). "Boy Scout". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval Historical Center, U. S. Navy. Archived from the original on 24 July 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2008.

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